Daimler plant closing compounds Canada's manufacturing pain
"The lingering after-effects of the Great Recession are still shredding Canada's manufacturing sector, more than two years after North America emerged from the downturn.
"The latest victim is a Daimler AG's Orion bus manufacturing plant in Mississauga, which will close within the next 12 months as the company abandons the North American transit bus business, eliminating the jobs of about 200 active workers and another 200 on layoff."

Protesters and police clash in Bahrain
"Bahraini protesters attacked a police station with petrol bombs on Thursday and riot police responded with teargas and stun grenades after a funeral march for a man killed in clashes during the Gulf Arab state's Formula One race last week."

SF movies often feature mining colonies on other planets and huge spaceships trolling the universe for minerals, but operations like this would require far more energy than realized. Meanwhile, we can't even keep the lights on down here on Earth. -- RF

Nights get darker, hotter (India)
"On Wednesday, several areas in the city reeled under long hours of power cuts - in some places there was no electricity for as long as eight hours - thanks to the continuous shortage experienced by various power stations."